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They are members of the highest Norwegian ice hockey league, Eliteserien (known as GET-ligaen for sponsorship reasons). The Warriors are the ice hockey department of IL Sparta, a sports club founded in 1928. Ice hockey was first included as an activity in 1959, [1] and is now one of two sports practised by the club, the other being football. [2]
In 2004, the team was rebranded as Sparta Warriors. [1] In the 2008–09 season, the team won the league, and won silver in the Norwegian Championship after being defeated by Vålerenga in the final. In 2020, the team was rebranded as Sparta Sarpsborg. [2] The song I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles is known as the club anthem of Sparta Warriors.
Sparta's ice hockey department is officially named Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg, but is promoted under the name Sparta Warriors. The club became Norwegian champions in 1984 and 1989, and won Eliteserien in 1984, 1986, 2009 and 2011. Sparta was the first sports-club in Norwegian history to bankrupt in 1995, withdrew from Eliteserien and ...
Sparta Amfi is iced from early August to mid March. The venue is used both by elite and recreational hockey teams. Tenants include Sparta Warriors, IL Sparta, Borgen IK, Varteig IK and Kråkene IL. The ice rink is also well used by the figure skaters in Sarpsborg Skating Club (Sarpsborg Skøyteklubb).
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Weossner, the Warriors’ head coach and general manager, played junior hockey in Canada. Weossner, from Bemidji, Minnesota, played college hockey at Minnesota-Crookston. Last season, 340 NAHL ...
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Sparta would win the cup in the next season as well, this time defeating the 2004-05 champion Pardubice in 6 games. Vsetín's run in the Extraliga would come to an end after the 2006–07 season . The Czech Ice Hockey Association would revoke the club's Extraliga license due to the team's enormous debt, forcing them to fold.